Strange that this indistinguishable thing needs clarity. The truth is that “Tubin” and my other abstract works are a part of something larger. They present questions around what exists inside of us. My abstract works are the enlarged images of the microscopic happenings of the internal landscape. Where one sees faces and traces of objects, I see the inner workings of our existence at a biological and molecular level. Respiratory processes, inherited DNA, receptors and signals communicating the release of hormones when we’re in love or experience joy.
Artist + Sean Clark
Follow this artistI'm a native of Chattanooga, Tennessee who has lived and worked in New Orleans for the past ten years. Before coming to New Orleans, I graduated from Morehouse College with a Bachelors of Science in Biology with a concentration in Public Health and African-American Studies. I've always found art as a tool for navigating life throughout my work and academic career. I began my artistic practice as a landscape painter and over the years and transitioned into a variety of subjects that investigate the human condition as a self-taught artist who utilizes oil and acrylic paints, and collage materials. My mixed media piece, “Unresolved Grief” was featured in Harvard’s Advanced Leadership Initiative as a part of the organization's efforts to increase emotional awareness of mental health issues. In 2019 I was accepted into the Louisiana Contemporary at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art. In 2020, I completed a 5 month residency at the Joan Mitchell Center in New Orleans, and in 2021 I completed residency at Stoveworks in Chattanooga, TN. Coupled with my time as a health educator, I have led art classes that focus on helping students find their own creative voice through journal and mask making.
Sean has created works to reflect identity and history, while sparking ideas in the minds of viewers. Sean is the recipient of the 2021 Emerging Artist Residency at the Santa Fe Art Institute and the jury selected winner of the, And Now for Something New Vol. 3 at LeMieux Gallery.
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